Improvement in corn-planter



c. HIPPENSTEEL.

Corn Planter.

Patented April 19, 1870.

No. |O2,004.

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Letters Patent No. 102,004, dated Apr/il 19, 1870.

'IMPROVEMENT IN CdRN-PLANTER.'

The Schedule referred to these'Lettera Patent and making part of thesaine To. all whom yit may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER HIPPENSTEEL, of LeesGross Roads, iu the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I' do hereby declare the following to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact description to enable one skilled in the art-to which my invention appertains 'to carry it into effect, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form part ot' this specification.

My invention relates primarily to that class of cornplanters adaptedfor planting in previously unplowed ground, and consisting essentially of a double moldboard plow for opening the furrow, aseed-box and dropping-device arranged between the mold-boards ot said plow, a suitable'covering-device, and a roller.

vMy improvements consist- First, in a novel combination and arrangement of the parts named above, and suitable accessoriesto render the machine compact and 'easily handled, vand to adapt the planting operation to Abe automatically performed.

Second, in the combination, with the usual cut-off in the seed-box, of'an elastic roller arranged over the discharge-spout, andoperating by pressing-into the perforations in the dropping-slide as they pass under it to secure the discharge ot' the seed.

larged-scale of the dropping-slide and its' accessories.l

Figure 4, a transverse section of the dropping slide .on the line :t rc, 3.

Similar marks of reference indicate like parts in the several .figures A A represent the double mold-board;

B, the share and point;

C, the colter; n

I), thestandard or noch;

E, the beam, and

F F, the handles oi' a double mold-board plow, all` of which part-s may be constructed, except in particulais hereinafter specied, and united in the usual or any suitable manner.

G represents the seed-box, which, otsuitable form,

'is arranged immediately behind that point where the beam E forks for attachment to the handles-F F., as shown, or over a corresponding aperture therein; its discharge-spout H extending-down through saidbeani to a point more or less near the surface of thefurrow.

I represents the dropping-slide.

J J- re'present ,the coverers, which, as shown, are

applied to the lower edge of the mold-boards A A, and consist ofcurved wings orlscrapers of suitable shape projecting inwardly and downwardly therefrom.

N represents a rock-shaft mounted in suitablebean' Ings on the top ofthe beam E, and having one' arm, n, connected by a pitman, O, with the crank l,- and another arm, n', at about right angles to u, connected by a pitman or link, P, and clip Q, to the droppingslide I, which thus-receives its moti'on. p

t' fi, 3 and a, represent the seed-cells or perforations of the dropping-slide Lwhich are so elongated as to contain the maximum number of grains for a hill.

R R represent supplementary slides for 'regulating the area ofthe pertbrations i t', as required.

' These slides are made of any suitable form and material, and secured in place in any suitable manner; being preferably made of sheet-metal, as shown,\vork ing in depressions in the top ot' the main slide, and having their inner ends turned down throughthe pertorations i and secured by lateral enlargement on the under side, where depressions are also provided for them, as shown intig. 4. l

` Ir r represent nuts or lips provided with .screw threaded periin'ations on the outer ends of the slides 1t R.

S S represent screwsattached by swiveled joints to the ends of the main slide I, lprovided preferably with thumb-heads, and working in the nuts 'fr 1' to adjust the regulating-slides RR. y

T .L represent brackets attached to the slide Ifor the suppport of the outerends of the screws S S.

For 'the convenience of adjustment of the slides R,

its solid portions are passing under it, operating by pressing into the seed-cells or -perforatious e as they are brought under it to eject the seed.

V, figs 1 and 2, represents the'dratt-rod.

X, the staple for attaching it to the beam E, and which is arranged some distance back from the front end of s'aid beam, as show n in iig. 2, and

'Y, a vertically-adjustable clip or bracket for supporting its front end, and, by depressing or elevating this, regulating the depth of the working of the machine.

In operation, the draft-rod W having been adjusted to the desired depth, and the perforations e of the dropping-slide I adjusted to the desired 4number of grains, the team is attached, the bo:\ G filled with corn, and the plow heilig run into the ground, the planting commences.

The doublemold-board A A. opens the furrow, turning under away from the row the grass'and Weeds. The seed is dropped in this furrow through the spout H by the reciproeation ofthe dropping-slide I in hills,l

regulated as to number of grains by thev adjustment. ofthe regulating-slides R, and as to distance apart bythe circumference of the roller K twice in each revolution of which the planting is performed.

The furrow is filled behind the dropperfrom the rich clean earth vin the bottoni of the furrow by the coverers J J.

The roller K then presses down the earth over the seed, when the operation is completed.'

The machine is simple, stron g, and durable in its eonstruction, neat and coxnpactin its appearance, adapted to be mana-ged with ease and facility, and to be readily adjusted as desired, and performing the work in avery superior manner and with the greatest possible regularity and precision.

Having thus described my invention,

rlhe following is what I ela-im and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination and arrangementof the double mold-board A A, seed-box'Gr` H, coverers J J, roller K, and mechanism l, O, N, l), Q, for operating the seed-dropping slide from the shaft of the roller, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with. the shield U and eut-offs u u, of the elastic roller V, arranged to operate as herein described, for the purposes set forth.

To the above specification of my invention I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 1869.

Witnesses: C. HIPPEN STEEL.

1). D. HnNDnrCKs, r i

HENRY MCDANNEL. 

